News
The new guidelines have been posted to the National Guidelines Clearinghouse
Guideline Objective(s)
- To address three fundamental clinical questions: the usefulness of antibiotic prophylaxis for known tick bites, the effectiveness of erythema migrans (EM) treatment, and the role of antibiotic retreatment in patients with persistent manifestations of Lyme disease
- To assist clinicians by presenting evidence-based treatment recommendations, which follow the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) system
The International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society has published new guidelines that call for patient care to be individually tailored based on patients’ response to the course of treatment.
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Physician CME Modules
The accredited CME learning modules offered on lymecme.info are intended to help clinicians stay up to date with recent developments in this field. Presentations provide a concise review of the evidence, highlighting points that are especially relevant to patient care. Read More
Learn About Lyme
One of the things we do to meet that mission is to provide volunteer speakers for interested groups who can provide factual information about Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases and how to reduce the risk of infection. We have volunteer speakers in several locations around the state. They are available by submitting a request by contacting our
Speakers Bureau Chair;
Rick Dahlman
763-274-9820
Rdahlman47@gmail.com
Other News
House passes 21st Century Cures Act with provisions for Lyme read more
House passes “rare disease” bill with provisions for Lyme
The US House of Representatives today overwhelmingly passed the 21st Century Cures Act (HR 6), bipartisan legislation that will boost funding for biomedical research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and make reforms designed to bring new therapies and treatments for rare diseases to market sooner read more
Preliminary estimates released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that the number of Americans diagnosed with Lyme disease each year is around 300,000 read more
Take your PICC: Increasing the safety of long-term IVs
Are Lyme-related heart deaths worse than we thought? read more
Lyme Disease Has Surged 320% in America read more
Review of Lyme disease treatment leaves out patients
LymePolicyWonk: Delayed diagnosis of Lyme disease has devastating effect on patients
Misperceptions Keep Kids from Getting Lifesaving Treatment for Tickborne Diseases
